Steve Gunn is nearing his tenth year of putting out collaboration-heavy, guitar-driven psych-folk—or whatever you might want to call it. In the past, much of his work has clawed at the margins of popular taste, but for his latest, the margins are being moved out a bit by Matador, who signed him to release Eyes on the Lines, due out in June.
To mark the announcement, Gunn has shared the video for the first single, “Conditions Wild”—a Byrds-ian stomp that functions as a road tune, if that road were to be windy as hell. As for the Brandon Herman–directed video, it’s a soothing little venture into the wilderness that finds Gunn canoeing, hiking, arm-wrestling a bear, etc.
Find that, as well as album and tour details, below.
Eyes on the Lines tracklisting
1. Ancient Jules
2. Full Moon Tide
3. The Drop
4. Conditions Wild
5. Nature Driver
6. Heavy Sails
7. Night Wander
8. Park Bench Smile
9. Ark
Steve Gunn tour dates
June
09 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
11 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
13 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa
14 – Houston, TX – Rudyard’s
15 – Austin, TX – Sidewinder
16 – Dallas, TX – Three Links Deep Ellum
18 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
19 – Kansas City, KS – Riot Room
20 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
21 – Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
23 – Chicago, IL – Schuba’s
24 – Detroit, MI – Marble Bar
25 – Toronto, ON – The Great Hall
29 – Allston, MA – The Great Scott
30 – Port Chester, NY – Garcia’s
July
09 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
12 – Raleigh, NC – Kings
13 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight
14 – Nashville, TX – Exit / IN
15 – Decatur, GA – Eddie’s Attic
16 – Birmingham, AL – Sloss Music & Arts Festival
17 – Louisville, KY – Forecastle
Eyes on the Lines is out June 3 on Matador.
(via Stereogum)
